Problem: A. What constant acceleration, in SI units, must a car have to go from zero to 60 mph in 10 s?B. What fraction of g is this?C. How far has the car traveled when it reaches 60 mph? Give your answer both in SI units and in feet.

A. v₀ = 0 m/s, v_f = 60mph = $60 (\frac{m_{i}}{h}) (\frac{1609 m}{1 m_{i}}) (\frac{1 h}{3600 s}) = 26.8 m / s$ , t = 10s

Using the kinematics equation:

$v_{f} = v_{0} + a t$

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A. What constant acceleration, in SI units, must a car have to go from zero to 60 mph in 10 s?

B. What fraction of g is this?

C. How far has the car traveled when it reaches 60 mph? Give your answer both in SI units and in feet.

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